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| Item 1.01. | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement |
On October 16, 2026, Global Partners LP (the “Partnership”), as guarantor, and certain of its subsidiaries, as borrowers, entered into the Twelfth Amendment to Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and Joinder (the “Twelfth Amendment”), which further amends the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated April 25, 2017 (as amended prior to the Twelfth Amendment, the “Existing Credit Agreement” and as amended through the Twelfth Amendment, the “Credit Agreement”). The Twelfth Amendment amends certain terms and provisions of the Existing Credit Agreement to, among other things, (i) extend the maturity date of the credit facility from March 20, 2028 to October 16, 2031, (ii) maintain each of the $1.0 billion Aggregate WC Commitment (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and the $500 million Aggregate Revolver Commitment (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and reduce the previously extended Aggregate WC Interim Commitment (as defined in the Credit Agreement) to $0, and (iii) assign all or a portion of certain lenders’ Loans and Commitments under the Credit Agreement to certain other new and/or existing Lenders that wish to assume such Loans and Commitments. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to such terms in the Credit Agreement.
The foregoing description of the Twelfth Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Twelfth Amendment. A copy of the Twelfth Amendment is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
All other material terms of the Credit Agreement remain the same as disclosed in the Partnership’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025.
| Item 2.03. | Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant |
The description of the Twelfth Amendment under Item 1.01 above is incorporated into this Item 2.03 by reference.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits
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| 10.1# | Twelfth Amendment to Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and Joinder, dated October 16, 2026. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
# Schedules and similar attachments have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. The Partnership undertakes to furnish supplementally copies of any of the omitted schedules and exhibits upon request by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
| GLOBAL PARTNERS LP | ||
| By: | Global GP LLC | |
| its general partner | ||
| Dated: October 16, 2026 | By: | /s/ Kristin K. Seabrook |
| Kristin K. Seabrook | ||
| Chief Legal Officer and Secretary | ||